"pound sign" meaning in English

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  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "The symbol £, representing the pound sterling."
      ],
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          "_dis1": "73 0 27",
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      "glosses": [
        "The symbol # on a telephone."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US) The symbol # on a telephone."
      ],
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "A bag of peanuts is marked \"5^#\"."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The symbol #, denoting weight in pounds."
      ],
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          "weight",
          "weight"
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          "pounds",
          "pound"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US) The symbol #, denoting weight in pounds."
      ],
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "27 36 37",
      "sense": "the symbol #",
      "word": "crunch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 36 37",
      "sense": "the symbol #",
      "word": "hash"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 36 37",
      "sense": "the symbol #",
      "word": "hash sign"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 36 37",
      "sense": "the symbol #",
      "word": "hashtag"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 36 37",
      "sense": "the symbol #",
      "word": "number sign"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 36 37",
      "sense": "the symbol #",
      "word": "octothorpe"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pound sign"
}

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  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
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  "lang": "English",
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  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "lb"
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  "senses": [
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        "The symbol £, representing the pound sterling."
      ],
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          "pound sterling",
          "pound sterling"
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        "American English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The symbol # on a telephone."
      ],
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          "telephone",
          "telephone"
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        "(US) The symbol # on a telephone."
      ],
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        "US"
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    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "A bag of peanuts is marked \"5^#\"."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The symbol #, denoting weight in pounds."
      ],
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          "weight",
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        "(US) The symbol #, denoting weight in pounds."
      ],
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "the symbol #",
      "word": "crunch"
    },
    {
      "sense": "the symbol #",
      "word": "hash"
    },
    {
      "sense": "the symbol #",
      "word": "hash sign"
    },
    {
      "sense": "the symbol #",
      "word": "hashtag"
    },
    {
      "sense": "the symbol #",
      "word": "number sign"
    },
    {
      "sense": "the symbol #",
      "word": "octothorpe"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pound sign"
}